ID | 778 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | SK6149 |
Project type | Unknown |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Site | Calverton |
Site Name | Lechcliff hill-top |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 0 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Lead |
Location | Nottingham University Museum |
M/F | Female |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Deity |
Name | Mother goddess |
Aliases | Venus, Fertility goddess |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Seated |
Headgear | Headdress |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Classical | 0 |
Photo | No |
Illustration | No |
Height | 0.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
References | Green 1976, 166; Toynbee 1964, 356 note 6 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | Toynbee - a crude figurine; naked seated female personage with long hair topped by a plain round head-dress (Green calls it a modius) and with her hands clasped beneath her breasts; possibly a Fertility Goddes or native Venus |
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Last updated: Wed Feb 29 2012